Japan Godzilla vs. Hedorah returned 11.1× its production cost, earning $2.8M against a $250K budget — one of the highest-return Japan films in our catalog.
Synopsis
ゴジラ対ヘドラ
“The Smog Monster Hedorah arrives in a shooting star!”
An ever evolving alien life-form arrives on a comet from the Dark Gaseous Nebula and proceeds to consume pollution. Spewing mists of sulfuric acid and corrosive sludge, neither humanity nor Godzilla may be able to defeat this toxic menace.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 25m runtime, production spent $3K per minute on screen and earned $33K per minute back.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Godzilla vs. Hedorah. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO
Action + Science Fiction in Japan
324 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Action and Science Fiction genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Godzilla vs. Hedorah itself).
The 1970–1972 Japan Window
Godzilla vs. Hedorah holds position #25 of 58 Japan films in the 1970–1972 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1970s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1970s in Japan, 197 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Godzilla vs. Hedorah premiered alongside 19 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 19 other Japan films in 1971.
The 357th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
171 audience reviews — more than 84% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 70th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Godzilla vs. Hedorah, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- pollution · 5
- ecology · 5
- smog · 2
- water pollution · 1
- acid burning · 1
- hedorah · 1
- godzilla · 30
- gojira · 13
- japan · 454
- sequel · 143
- kaiju · 77
- giant monster · 64
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,497 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (45th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Action productions specifically: #994 of 1,714 (top 58%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 25m |
| Release Date | July 24, 1971 |
| IMDb | tt0067148 |